Re: [rdiff-backup-users] restoring the atime after backing up files ...

[Luke Mewburn]

On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 12:49:45PM -0700, dean gaudet wrote:
  | > Currently the OS modifies the atime as rdiff-backup reads
  | > the file (as is expected) to back it up, and rdiff-backup
  | > makes no attempt to restore it once finished.
  | >
  | > This causes problems for my mbox-style mail folders, which my mail
  | > reader (mutt) determines have "new" mail when the mtime is newer
  | > than the atime.
  | 
  | you can enable this option when configuring mutt:
  | 
  |   --enable-buffy-size        Use file size attribute instead of access time

Thanks for the hint.   That must be a feature in versions newer
than 1.4.2i (which is the "stable" version of mutt in NetBSD pkgsrc).

Cheers,
Luke.

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